Síntesis y reactividad de complejos de acilo de hierro que modelan el sitio activo de la [Fe]-hidrogenasa

Dafa Chen1, Rosario Scopelliti, Xile Hu

  • 1Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SB-ISIC-LSCI, BCH 3305, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.

Resumen

Los investigadores sintetizaron un complejo de diirón que imita el sitio activo de la [Fe]-hidrogenasa (Hmd). Este complejo intercambia fácilmente átomos de carbono con monóxido de carbono, proporcionando información sobre los mecanismos de las enzimas.

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